Prisons & Policing

Plans for the “Cop City” in the heart of a working-class Black community include a mock city to practice urban warfare.

Building power and transformation is about encouraging the grassroots while confronting a resilient carceral state.

The high school English teacher suffered cardiac arrest after police used a Taser on him following a traffic accident.

The GOP has a history of promoting policies that disregard human rights and create inhumane prison and jail conditions.

A preliminary report finds police killed over 1,100 people last year, the most killings in any year in the past decade.

The number of women in jail increased by almost 6 percent from 2021 to 2022 -- three times the rate of men.

I asked organizers working to dismantle incarceration what is giving them hope for 2023. Here’s what they shared.

The oppressive and deadly tactics used on incarcerated people are directly linked to the spread of fascism.

Her plea pointed out the “moral depravity” of the death penalty.

A society based on human needs would help a retiree with a trivial household problem instead of sending cops.